AROUND the NBA:

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Yes, but that tells us nothing, because were there weeks or months of recovery where no games could be missed? At face value, it would tell us that some players suffered a fractured bone in their foot, and missed ZERO time. Ugh, the idea that they were not hurt at all, and were just fine immediately, is not even possible.

Did any simply retire? Did some return, play a game or three, and get get re-injured over and over (like Roddy B) and finally just fall out of the league (like Roddy B)? Did some get hurt at the end of one season in April, heal in the summer, and then return by the start of the next season in November?

The question to answer is: how many WEEKS (not "games") from "injury date" to "ready to play" date for each of these players?

So of the 5 players who had zero missed games: 

Blatche- Injured in the offseason, returned before training camp
Orien Greene- Injured right after the draft, returned before the season. 
Nedovic- Injured in the offseason, returned before training camp
Joe Smith- Injured in September, 7 week recovery time and returned for the season opener
Jeremy Tyler- Was a summer league standout that broke his foot in September. Had a partially guaranteed deal and didn't return till January. Which means he missed 30 games to start the season, not 0, and 17 total weeks. Perhaps the original creator of the graph didn't count a 15th man missing games? 

For everyone else: 

Anderson- Broke in November, returned in January. 11 weeks

Roddy B- Broke in August, returned in February. 28 weeks

Bibby- Broke in October, returned in December. 10 weeks

Kwame- Broke in August, returned in December. 17 weeks. 

Glen Big Baby Davis- Broke in January, returned in November. 42 weeks

Ricky Davis* - Broke in July, returned in November. 18 weeks (But might've also bled into his year with MIA. Unclear how long)

Reggie Evans- Broke in November, returned in March. 14 weeks. 

Pau Gasol- Broke in August, returned in December. 15 weeks

Dion Glover- Broke twice, in each foot. Total weeks recovery for both- 12 weeks  (5+7)

Lindsey Hunter- No specific dates, or even news articles of his injury. If we assume 40 games, then half a season is about 14 weeks. 

Damion James- Broke in December, returned in February. 9 weeks. 

Brandon Jennings- Broke in December, returned in January. 5 weeks

Dominque Jones- Broke in February, out for the rest of the season. 9 weeks. 

Brook Lopez- Broke twice. Returned the first time in 8 weeks. The 2nd time 16 weeks. Both were essentially season ending. 

CJ McCollum- Broke in October, returned in January. 12 weeks. (also broke it that same year in College and was out 10 weeks)

Patty Mills. Broke in July, returned in February. 29 weeks

Nazr Mohammed- Broke twice. First time recovered in 6 weeks and returned in Dec. Broke again in February and was out the rest of the year. Total: 14 weeks.

Travis Outlaw- Broke in November, returned in February. 14 weeks.

Anthony Parker- Missed all but 2 games in the lockout season in 99. Total of 13 weeks. 

White Mamba- Broke in October, returned at the end of January. 14 weeks. 

Chris Singleton- Broke in September, returned in November. 10 weeks. 

Vaughn- Broke in the middle of April before the season ended. Out for the rest of the year. 1 week of missed time* (*not counting him cause of the timing of his break)

Rasheed Wallace- Broke in December, returned for last game of the season before retiring. 18 weeks

Martell Webster- Broke in October, didn't return till the following season. 27 weeks

Terrico White- Broke foot before season started, missed entire rookie year. Cut shortly thereafter. Never played in NBA. 

Marcus Williams- Broke in September, returned in December. 11 weeks

The total averaged missed time for this injury in weeks is 16.5. The median is 14. So basically at minimum 3 months, like Shams reported.